Poppy writes:
Dear Heidi,
I have been thinking alot about my experience in 1999 and have been intently trying to find out the
truth about it this past year. And then I came upon your site and read about the Shadow people. This is my experience:
My headboard is against a wall with a very large picture window to the left of the bed. There was always
a street lamp light on all night and it kept my bedroom semi lit, enough to see the shadows of objects in my room. One night
as I was drifting into sleep, I felt a sudden stillness in my room. I can't describe the feeling quite well, except to say
that there was dead air and the air was very cold, and felt different.
I was trying to open my eyes and felt I couldn't, that I was moving in slow motion. When I managed
to pry my eyes open, I couldnt' believe how dark my room was. ( I am shaking recalling what happened.)
I looked to my left to find light from my window, but it was not there; my room was pitch black, an
impossibility! Then I saw it move. A shadow figure was blocking the window and quickly flew to the wall. It hovered above
in the air on the wall. It was swaying, its coat was swaying almost as if it was caught in a breeze.
It was large, cloaked, with a hat. I think I saw the hatman shadow. It's head seemed smaller than its'
larger body. It just stood there staring at me. I felt like it was going to attack me. I was terrified. But I couldnt' move,
or scream. I felt like it was controlling me. Already smothering me from afar, like i was pinned to my bed.
I tried to look over to my right where my dog was sleeping, and I tried to call out to her, but I couldn't
speak. Then the shadow jumped directly on top of me. It pounced on me so fast, and I closed my eyes. It was on top of me,
choking me, it was heavy, it was holding my entire body down. I couldn't even move my eyes. I couldn't breathe, and then I
felt it try to sexually assault me. I am embarrased to say this, but I felt like it raped me, penetrated me. And i tried to
fight it off me, I struggled with all my might and with all the force within me, I managed to push it off of me.
I immediately grabbed my dog and she appeared to be asleep and unshakable. This was unlike her as she's
very attentive about me. I shook her and managed to scream out her name to wake her up so i wouldn't be alone, or feel I was
sleeping and having a nightmare. When my dog awoke, with me hugging her tight, i looked around the room and there it was,
still sitting on the wall. This time it was smaller, like it shrunk in height and width. I just thought it might attack me
again.
I know it sounds silly, but I tried to get my dog to notice it but she didn't. And it just hovered
on the wall. I got really scared once again and hid under the covers praying to god and crying to make it go away. I didn't
know what to do. About 5 mins or so later, I sensed it was gone. I looked up under the covers and the room was normal again.
I could see the window, the room wasn't as dark, the air had warmed up, it was gone.
I however have not been normal, and I still need to find out answers to what I encountered. What it
did to me, and why I feel changed and most importantly violated. My question is will it return? And why it visits certain
people, how it picks who to terrrorize?
Has anybody else been violated by one of these, and what if anything did it do to me? When I told my
friend about this, she said it was most likely a ghost, an incubbus that sits on peoples chest, and tries to have sex with
humans, and its harmless. What I can say for sure is I felt that it was harmful and forceful. Could you please help me to
understand more about the Shadow people??
Please respond, I don't know where to find information about what I encountered.
Thank you so much Heidi, Poppy